Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C03NW00016
| Record Name(s) | Cannifton Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Thurlow
Latitude: 44° 11' 30.04" Longitude: -77° 23' 35.32"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 308748.877 Northing: 4895947.469 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located in the City of Belleville, on the western bank of the Moira River. This site is now a park by the river.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - 6 metre deep limestone quarry exposes interbedded limestones and shales of the Middle Ordovician Verulam Formation (OFR 5863, p170).
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 150 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 170 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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